Four brothers among homes swallowed by Quebec mudslide
A second earth movement in Tourelle Creek valley sent two houses into mud and the St Lawrence River, burying four Therrien brothers and threatening more deaths. Police evacuated 10 houses as miners and fishermen aided survivors, while a tentative cause cites an underground lake and prior landslides.
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First Earth Movement
St. Lawrence River
Tourelle Creek
St. Lawrence
Brothers
Gaspe Peninsula
Quebec
Gaspe Highway
Qubec
Martin Gauthier
Red Cross
Ste. Anne Des Monts
Gilbert Sasseville
Construction of Area Reservoirs Receives Funding
Congress moves a 4.4 billion public works bill with 30 million for area reservoirs and related projects. The package lists specific reservoir allocations in Kansas and Missouri including Milford, Perry, Pomona, Topeka, and Wilson while funding in other sections targets planning and surveys for several rivers and drainage areas.
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House - Senate
Congress
Council Grove
Elk City
John Redmond
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Marion
Milford
Perry
Pomona
Topeka
Wilson
Atchison
Clinton
Dodge City
Melvern
Osawatomie
Big Hill
Merriam
Arkansas River
Hutchinson-Cimarron
Big Creek
Hays
Cimarron
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Lyon Creek
McNamara orders 33 bases closed or reduced in budget move
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara announced a plan to close or shrink 26 U S bases and 7 overseas bases, aiming for up to three and a half years of savings estimated at 106 million dollars. About 8,600 civilian jobs and 7,800 military positions would be eliminated with a hiring freeze at other installations to absorb displaced workers.
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Robert S. McNamara
United States
McNamara
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Air Force
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New York
California
Texas
Johnson
Louisiana
Alabama
Arizona
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Georgia
Illinois
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
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Ohio
Santa Claus Finds Money for Gifts in Louisville
Mrs. Caroline Cogburn received a call from Santa Claus who said he found her wallet with $43 saved to buy gifts for her five children. An hour later Walter Cooley, 19, returned with the money, explaining he found the wallet while working as Santa in a shopping center parking lot. Cooley refused a reward.
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Louisville
Caroline Cogburn
Santa Claus
Walter Cooley
Cooley
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log Shows 2 Deaths in 24 Hours
Kansas traffic death log reports 2 fatalities in 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday for December 27, 1963, with 555 comparable in 1963 and 564 in 1962 for the same period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Yale Home Decor Contest Enters Fifth Day of Entries
Five days remain to enter the Yale Home Decor Contest, second annual Christmas lighting event by the Chanute JayCees. Current entrants include Mike Gerardy, L. M. Dannenberg, Ralph D. Evans, and Charles Tripp. Deadline is midnight December 17 with judging December 19 by three out of town judges. four city wards compete for four winners and a grand winner.
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Chanute JayCees
Mike Gerardy
S. Lafayette
L. M. Dannenberg
N. Garfield
Ralph D. Evans
W. Main
Charles Tripp
Washington
Ralph Heaton Jr
S. Plummer
Santa Fe
Planning Board Hears KG E Power Proposal
Representatives of Kansas Gas & Electric briefed Chanute officials on a possible power interconnection. KG&E aims to negotiate a mutually beneficial service contract using Iola as a model, stressing reliable, low cost off peak energy and flexible reserves. Ash Grove Cement plans to buy half its needs from KG&E, with future full reliance on KG&E power.
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Kansas Gas & Electric Co
City Planning Commission
Chanute
Kg&e
James A. Elgaard
City Commission
Planning Commission
W. J. Althaber
Dave Evans
R. J. Hayes
John Lofthouse
Harold Williams
Marion Stevens
Planning Board
John Lapham
Sickel
Elgaard
Wellington
Lola
Iola
Sickle
Althaber
Ash Grove
Frigid Kansas Weather Brings Blizzard Warnings Statewide
A winter blast with record lows grips Kansas with subzero readings in cities from Manhattan to Topeka. Blizzard warnings expand as colder air and high winds push temperatures down. heavy snow possible east Friday and wind gusts 35 to 55 mph.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
North Central
Chanute Among Sixteen Bids for State Prison Site
A Kansas Legislative Council committee reviews 16 proposed locations for a state correctional institution. Chairman Sen. Paul Wunsch says data from an engineering consultant is due in January, with no progress in narrowing the field. Sites include Abilene Chanute El Dorado Herington Holton Hutchinson Independence Coffeyville Iola Junction City Lansing Marysville Ottawa Parsons Pittsburg Salina and Wellington.
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Legislative Council
Paul Wunsch
R Kingman
Robert J. Kaiser
State Penal Institutions
Kaiser
Governor's Office
Abilene
Chanute
el Dorado
Herington
Holton
Hutchinson
Independence-Coffeyville
Iola
Junction City
Lansing
Marysville
Ottawa
Parsons
Pittsburg
Salina
Wellington
Topeka
Emporia
Eureka
Clay Center
Lincoln
Osawatomie - Paola
Lyndon
Valley Falls
Derby
Doniphan County
Special Session Planned to Tackle Kansas Reapportionment
Kansas lawmakers moved toward a special session on February 17 to resolve reapportionment issues in both chambers. Gov. John Anderson indicated no objection to the date, following a Supreme Court mandate to enact new apportionment laws ahead of 1964 elections. Leaders aim to limit the session to this single topic after the budget session ends.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Anderson
Anderson
State Supreme Court
House
Senate
Harold Chase
Paul Wunsch
Rkingman
Charles Arthur
Manhattan
The Torch Is Passed book orders pour into Tribune
The Tribune reports 100 orders for the Associated Press book The Torch Is Passed about the Kennedy assassination. Demand grows with 25 copies already ordered by The Tribune. delivery expected around December 30 or later. Each $2, 10 by 13 inch hard cover with 100 pages, not for sale in bookstores.
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Tribune
Associated Press
John Kennedy
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